Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1081: War shouldn’t be like this

Gu [guō] County is a county in the northeast of Bingzhou.

This city, which was first built in the pre-Qin State of Zhao, witnessed the feat of King Wuling of Zhao breaking the Hu, and has been an important defensive city in Yanmen County until now.

Whenever there is any movement in Tuoba in the north, this city will immediately send out a message to prepare the entire county and delay the enemy's advance as much as possible.

In addition, Guo County is not far from Fanju [zhì] County. The two cities support each other. With the advantage of their location, any enemy troops entering Bingzhou from the north or northeast will find it difficult to use their full strength. They must always take care of these two The impact and harassment of cities located in the rear, especially the impact on supply lines.

Therefore, Tuoba would focus on attacking Guo County several times when he entered the country. However, he never really conquered it, which allowed the county to accumulate a lot of experience in defending the city and become stronger.

The city guard, Liu He, was born in the Xiongnu clan. He had studied military science since he was a child. He was a rare general. Although he was young, he had been praised by Liu Cong many times. He presided over the important military and political affairs of the city in an orderly manner. After several rounds of defense, the Tuoba tribe did not allow the Tuoba tribe to break through. Instead, they relied on their geographical advantages to harass the rear, which made the Tuoba tribe unable to concentrate and finally retreated sadly, which is quite a credit.

However, Liu He was not complacent because of this. Instead, he became more and more attentive, patrolling the city and guarding the territory, and never missed a day.

Today, as usual, he came to the city wall early to inspect the situation of the soldiers guarding the city. However, as soon as he stepped onto the city wall, the ground shook slightly.

The experienced Liu He knew immediately that an enemy was coming!

"In this enemy attack, no beacon fire was seen from the border outposts. I am afraid that the enemy is deliberately planning to either have an ambush and remove it in advance, or bypass the outpost. Those who can do such a thing must be people from the Tuoba clan. They I came here once a while ago, but I came again, it seems that I'm busy again this time..."

Liu He expressed his judgment to the several lieutenants and assistant generals who came to ask for instructions, and ordered them to mobilize their manpower as soon as possible to prepare for defense.After some distribution, he called the officials who kept the treasury and asked about the baggage and grain: "How long can the grain stored in the city last?"

"Last time Tuoba attacked, we didn't have time to replenish it. We only had fifteen days' rations. There was no shortage of arrows. We had replenished them three days ago..."

When Liu He heard that there was only enough food for fifteen days, his eyebrows twitched, but his expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "It's not a big problem, it's enough to resist."

A simple sentence calmed people's hearts, and then he arranged for logistical supply issues, showing his rich command experience.

After finishing this, Liu He stood calmly at the top of the city, looking at the many enemy troops approaching, with a calm expression. He thought that as long as he did his job well, he would not have to worry about the city being destroyed. Moreover, the Tuoba clan had always attacked, and it was not for himself. This small town is for Bingzhou's wealth.

Just by looking at it, Liu He finally realized something was wrong.

"No! The costumes of these cavalry... This is not the costume of the Tuoba tribe. The battle armor and the battle robes on their horses are all black and black. Could it be that these people are..."

"Xuanjia Army!"

Along with an exclamation, a roar filled the sky, and among the running cavalry ranks, several fireballs suddenly flew into the sky, like meteors, across the sky, heading straight for the city wall!

"Fire stick?" Liu He immediately thought of the rumored single-shooter cannon and fire stick. Over the years, there have been many imitations of this thing. Although it is not as tough as the original version, it has similar effects. There are also several in the Xiongnu country. Liu He once I had seen the power with my own eyes, but this thought only lasted for a few breaths before I saw the fire falling directly and exploding on the city wall not far away.

Boom!

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains shook!

Countless small pieces of iron sputtered out from the explosion, causing heavy injuries to the surrounding soldiers. Then these people fell down together with the collapsed city wall, screaming in agony.Click!Click!
Where the explosion occurred, cracks spread across the rammed earth wall, making a creepy sound and causing the entire city wall to collapse.

Standing on the swaying city wall, Liu He's face was as pale as paper.

"This is the sky thunder! The rumors are true, these people are the Xuanjia Army of Youzhou! They can indeed call the sky thunder, quickly! Withdraw into the city quickly!"

While shouting, Liu He no longer had the original calmness. He fled to the city first. With him taking the lead, the others followed suit and rushed towards the city one after another. The city wall fell apart in the blink of an eye. No one has a hand.

Whoohoo!
Several more "bolides" fell down, and another section of the city wall exploded. With screams, the city wall collapsed and became a smooth road.

"Brothers, prepare to charge!"

In the distance, in the charging formation of the Xuanjia Army, Ran Zhan, who was commanding the infantry, saw the opportunity, shouted loudly, and then rushed out!

"I have issued a military order in front of the general. If I don't leave this city within an hour, how can I see the general? Come on! I have raised you for so long and you will make great achievements today. Kill!"

"kill!"

The sound of shouting and killing soared into the sky.

The elite soldiers who had been trained hard and suppressed for several years were like tigers coming out of the cage, shouting desperately, their voices mixed with strong evil spirits of blood and blood, soaring into the sky, even the clouds in the sky were torn apart, revealing a clear sky.

The violent Xuanjia soldiers were equipped with elite weapons and had a strict command system. Under the military orders, the infantry advanced in an orderly manner. Although Liu He arranged the manpower and originally planned to struggle in the street fighting, the result was that he collapsed at the first touch and could not resist at all. .

So he collapsed and began to doubt reality.

"How is this possible! This is impossible! This doesn't make sense!"

Liu and Yang Tian sighed, and then they were dragged by several soldiers and fled in embarrassment.

"Where is this logic? How many times has my city withstood the Tuoba tribe's attacks? But when the Xuanjia soldiers came, they were defeated in a single encounter. They couldn't even hold on in a street fight and were slaughtered wantonly. Fighting shouldn't be It’s like this! Why is it like this?”

He couldn't figure out the reason at all, but he was not crazy after all. Under the protection of a few soldiers, he regained his consciousness a little and led everyone to escape from the secret passage.

"Let's go to Fanri now, find turmeric, spread the news, and then stick to it..." At the end of the sentence, Liu He didn't have much confidence anymore. To be honest, he didn't think Fanri could be stronger than his own city. Lianyuo County was in The Xuanjia Army's offensive lasted less than an hour, how could Fanzheng be different?
But no matter what, Liu He had no choice. However, when they escaped from Guoxian County and entered the wild not long ago, they encountered a group of Huns.

"Reinforcement?"

Liu He had a little hope in his heart, but when he saw Jiang Huang taking the lead on the other side, his face was full of panic, his heart sank completely.

(End of this chapter)